Existential Therapy in Lithuania: Its Post-Soviet Context and Present
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65828/ejgge957Keywords:
Existential therapy, historical context, existential therapy training, Association for Existential Therapy.Abstract
This paper reviews the history of existential therapy in Lithuania which has considerably influenced development of existential therapy in all the post-Soviet realm. The author describes the historical context within this space in which existential therapy emerged, and the foundations that it drew upon. Also presented is a brief review of the activities of the most important existential therapy entities in Lithuania, the Institute of Humanistic and Existential Psychology and the East European Association for Existential Therapy.
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